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since we are here...
I loved the boys "State of mind"
to me this sums it
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Daniel Amos
Bibleland
1994 WAL, a division of Word Records
Produced By Terry Taylor for Stunt Productions
Executive Producers: Ojo Taylor & Gene Eugene
Broken Ladders to Glory
A climb up the shaky ladders of our humanity towards the Hope of Glory. We are fallen emperors wearing no clothes until Christ cloaks us in His righteousness. Oh rapture!
Bibleland
Behind the shabby Bible scenes in the amusement park called Bibleland, lurks something beautiful, something real. Watch for it. It's coming to a heart near you.
Theo's Logic
The new world order vs. the kingdom of God. The unholy work, yer little gawd and the tower of Babel all rolled up into a great big cowpie with a surprise center. It's a message in tongues with no interpretation. It's religious Fahrvergnugen. We all love to say it, but what the heck does it mean? It's every "ism" mankind has ever mindlessly embraced. Yeehaw! Somebody stamp me and pass the jello salad.
Low Crawls and High Times
Adressed to a nation of whining crybabies, raised on fast food, action drinks and how-to books. Misguided expectations for the quick fix. Jesus is coming, and boy is He.
Bakersfield
Bleak human landscape, flat-roofed houses, bad breath, vacant lots and murder evidence. God saves and leads a remnant of scraggly, faithless people, in spite of themselves and just because He feels like it.
Constance of the Universe
Spiritual warfare. Mystery Babylon. Madonna. Take me to your leader.
I'll Get Over It
Spiritual revelation lost in the humdrum of life. A prayer for restitution.
Pete and Repeat
The gossip power base. Wheat and tears. Stinkweed in the bouquet. Patty rolled over and Skinny was dead. You tell Pete, he tells Repeat, she tells two friends and so on...
Out In The Cold
Broken relationships and wounded hearts looking for some grace to pull them through. The cross casts it's shadow over the fray.
The Bubble Bursts
God is faithful, we suck. We're prone to breaking our promises and letting each other down, because our expectations are too high.. or too low. Love to the rescue.
She's Working Here
Sexual harassment in the workplace. Off color jokes emanating from the good ol' boy network. Woman, good. Man, bad. God, good. Devil, bad.
Stone Away
Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.
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wakachiwaka 
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Theo's Logic
The new world order vs. the kingdom of God. The unholy work, yer little gawd and the tower of Babel all rolled up into a great big cowpie with a surprise center. It's a message in tongues with no interpretation. It's religious Fahrvergnugen. We all love to say it, but what the heck does it mean? It's every "ism" mankind has ever mindlessly embraced. Yeehaw! Somebody stamp me and pass the jello salad.
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Thought that was "Kalhoun"...?
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dennis
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Theo's Logic
The new world order vs. the kingdom of God. The unholy work, yer little gawd and the tower of Babel all rolled up into a great big cowpie with a surprise center. It's a message in tongues with no interpretation. It's religious Fahrvergnugen. We all love to say it, but what the heck does it mean? It's every "ism" mankind has ever mindlessly embraced. Yeehaw! Somebody stamp me and pass the jello salad.
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Thought that was "Kalhoun"...? |
Sounds like Kalhoun!
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jiminy
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plus - my name (JiminY) compells me to say how much I loved the artwork - at the time I did not know it was Tepal..
but the art reminds me of that scene in my favorite film (in which I had just a small role..ahem) on Pleasure Island .a dreadful place- let me tell you..after the fun is gone.
I'm no good at getting the images I want ..but I think you know what I mean- specially if you're a j-a-c-k-a-s-s......
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jiminy
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well - was off the bIbleland liner notes.....
sign of age- repeat yourself again..pete?
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James
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Is this Bibleland bonanza slowing down? Not on my watch!
"Broken Ladders to Glory" and "Stone Away" are the perfect beginning and ending songs for this sweet swig of satisfying sonic cider.
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dennis
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I love BibleLand.
I did not buy it when it first came out, but I picked it up on cassette years later.
Spring of 2002 I think. I fell in love with it on the first listen.
I remember blaring it on my route and it echoing around the parking lot when I was unloading my passengers.
I few of my co-wokers made some "Dennis is rockin' out today" kind of comments!
I said "Damb right I am!" 
At the Terry and Mike BBQ, I bought the CD from Terry, along with Live Bootleg '82 and Kalhoun (I had them on tape, not CD.)
When Terry and the rest of DA were on the board a few years ago,
I told him that a lot of his lyrics which seemed funny at first, turned out to be really sad lyrics
and he agreed and mention people laughing at the line
"You in your tattered gown, me in my underpants" in concerts
and he saw it as being about brokenness, not as a funny line at all.
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James
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he agreed and mention people laughing at the line
"You in your tattered gown, me in my underpants" in concerts
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For a brief (no pun intended) moment, he considered using "me in my unmentionables", but it just didn't have the same ring to it.
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wakachiwaka
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For a brief (no pun intended) moment, he considered using "me in my unmentionables", but it just didn't have the same ring to it. |
...and "grippies" didn't have enough syllables.
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hmmm... "tighty whiteys" has a certain ring to it
still, can anyone sing underpants at a concert and expect to be taken seriously? it defies one's natural bent toward remorsifulcation
and why does underpants sound different than underwear?
and why did my daughter always laugh herself silly between the ages of 4 to 17 every time she or someone else said "mickey mouse's underwear" ? i never figured that one out
and what's worse, wearing underpants to church and every body seeing your panty lines, or not wearing any underwear at all?
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tchandler
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James -- thanks for the kind words. it's not possible that i could've ever been a household name but thanks for the thought.
As usual, i find the comments fascinating. yes, there's definitely some darkness in some of the lyrics, but there's beauty as well.
and i can tell you there was absolutely no frustration while playing that stuff in the studio. the musical energy you hear is actually pure joy and passion as opposed to anger or frustration. but i can also see how it can come off sounding like that. (jiminy, i'm not trying to contradict you, because the truth is that there is a bit of what you heard the way you heard it, on the record. especially in the lyrics.)
but we were having a blast. da recording sessions are always a combination of ridiculousness, intensity, uncontrollable laughter, and an attempt, at least, to be open to anything.
i'll tell a little story that i may have told here before so forgive me if you've heard this one. "the bubble bursts" is one of my favorite tracks that i've ever had the opportunity to play on. if you listen carefully you can hear a sort of greasy kind of "swing" to the basic track. ed and i recorded the basic (just bass and drums) with terry playing a scratch guitar plugged straight into the board in the control room as a guide for us to follow the song. (in other words, the guitar wasn't recorded .)
ed and i tracked that at 4 in the morning and, um,...er,... we may or may not have had a couple or three beers in us. (ok, it was jack daniels for me. there. are you happy?!)
we went home and when we came in the next day and listened to the track, it sounded so horrible that everyone thought it should be burned. but it also had this wonderful drunken slow-gallop/swing to it. (you can hear it kick in where the vocal starts.) once jerry and greg recorded some strategically placed guitar stabs and ed recorded snare shots over the same parts, it smoothed everything out but kept the gallop. we added more guitars and that's the track that made it onto bibleland.
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James
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ed and i tracked that at 4 in the morning and, um,...er,... we may or may not have had a couple or three beers in us. (ok, it was jack daniels for me. there. are you happy?!)
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JACK DANIELS?!!! Are you trying to burst my bubble, Mr. Chandler? Because that thin membrane's in lots of trouble after hearing that tale of debauchery.
Oh, let me guess: you were "method bass playing", right? You read the lyrics and decided to play the part, eh? Well, mission accomplished, Mr. Chandler. Mission accomplished.
Well, I guess this explains all those reckless "outside" notes in your performances. I begrudgingly admit that I still find your playing impressive, if for no other reason than your ability to always land on your musical feet Mr. Magoo style, given your drunken state.
I'll try not to let this revelation ruin my enjoyment of the DA discography. Seek help, Mr. Chandler.
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James -- thanks for the kind words. it's not possible that i could've ever been a household name but thanks for the thought. |
Tim, I gotta chime in and tell ya - you're the only bassist whose playing ever made me laugh out loud (and that's a good thing!). Maybe you're no Stanley Clarke technician, but for sheer creativity your performances rank right up there with Paul McCartney, Chris Squire, and anything Byrne ever told Weymouth to play.
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... anything Byrne ever told Weymouth to play.
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That is pretty funny! 
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Not after spending much time on the TalkBass forums where someone says it everytime her name comes up. It might be different if it were true.
After Tim, Weymouth is the player from whom I've learned the most.
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Not after spending much time on the TalkBass forums where someone says it everytime her name comes up. It might be different if it were true.
After Tim, Weymouth is the player from whom I've learned the most. |
No, I know, she is a great bass player. 
I think the perception a lot of "rock people" have is that girls can't "rock." 
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In deference to everyone, I think it's fair to say that an inordinate amount of the praise given to Talking Heads was heaped upon Byrne, and therefore there's the prevailing notion that the rest of the band were there more for filling up the stage than much else.
Of course it's not true, but that won't alter that perception.
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Not after spending much time on the TalkBass forums where someone says it everytime her name comes up. It might be different if it were true.
After Tim, Weymouth is the player from whom I've learned the most. |
No, I know, she is a great bass player.
I think the perception a lot of "rock people" have is that girls can't "rock."
That's kind of why it's funny to me. |
In deference to everyone, I think it's fair to say that an inordinate amount of the praise given to Talking Heads was heaped upon Byrne, and therefore there's the prevailing notion that the rest of the band were there more for filling up the stage than much else.
Of course it's not true, but that won't alter that perception. |
Yup. Very true.
That seems to happen a lot, for example Jim Morrison had the same deal going on for him, and there were other strong musicians and songwriters in The Doors besides him.
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The Bubble Bursts is a great tune, I love the drunk punch feel of it.
What's that weird / cool effect on the break?
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